Recent plane crash

The budget carrier has been a regular target of complaints about poor service, unreliable scheduling and safety issues, including a fatal 2004 crash. That safety record has been under the microscope since a new Boeing 737-Max 8 plunged into the Java Sea just 12 minutes after taking off from Jakarta last Monday. "We will...conduct a special audit of the crews' qualifications and staff communication," transportation minister Budi Karya Sumadi told reporters Monday. "This is a preventative measure...(The accident) is a very expensive lesson for us." Civil Aviation authorities in the U.S. and Europe were also being consulted for their help in the probe, he added. Meanwhile, authorities have extended their search as they collect more body parts and shattered debris from the spot where the plane crashed during a routine one-hour flight from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang. Scores of body bags filled with remains have been collected and sent for DNA testing, but so far just 14 people have been … [Read more...] about Indonesia to probe Lion Air after deadly plane crash

Search and rescue efforts in the recent fatal airplane crash of low-cost carrier Lion Air are underway. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese leaders sent messages of sympathy on October 30 to Indonesian leaders over the recent fatal airplane crash of low-cost carrier Lion Air. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong, and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc cabled a message of sympathy to Indonesian President Joko Widodo, while Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan sent her sympathies to Speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly Zulkifli Hasan. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh also offered condolences to Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. The Boeing 737 Max 8 run by low-cost carrier Lion Air, which was carrying 189 people onboard, crashed into the sea on October 29. It lost contact with air traffic control just 13 minutes after takeoff. The jet was en route … [Read more...] about Vietnam extends sympathy to Indonesia over Lion Air plane crash

A body recovered by Indonesian authorities after a plane crashed at remote mountainous areas in eastern Indonesia, killing eight people. (Photo: AFP) Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia authorities on August 12 announced that a plane carrying seven passengers and two crew members crashed at remote mountainous area in the eastern part of the country, killing eight people. The only survivor is a 12-year-old boy passenger. The Swiss-made Pilatus lost contact with the air traffic control station on August 11 while making a flight lasting 40 minutes in Papua province. After over 2 hours going on foot, rescue forces found the plane in a thick forest in Oksibil together with eight bodies on August 12 morning. Lt. Col. Dax Sianturi, a spokesman of the Indonesian military, said the cause of the crash has not been determined and the country’s national traffic safety committee will launch an investigation into the incident. Planes are the main means of transport of Indonesian people, … [Read more...] about Eight killed in plane crash in Indonesia

By AFP &nbspAugust 12, 2018 | 02:07 pm GMT+7 The wreckage of the plane was found in a heavily forested area on a mountain side in the Oksibil subdistrict. Photo by AFP A 12-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed eight people in mountainous eastern Indonesia, authorities said Sunday. The Swiss-made Pilatus aircraft lost contact with air traffic control Saturday during what was supposed to be a flight of around 40 minutes in remote Papua province. The wreckage of the plane was found in a heavily forested area on a mountain side in the Oksibil subdistrict on Sunday morning. "Eight passengers were found dead and one was found alive," Papua military spokesman Lieutenant colonel Dax Sianturi said. "At the moment the cause of the crash has not been confirmed," he told AFP, adding an investigation would be carried out by the national transportation safety committee. The plane, which was owned by private charter company Dimonim Air, was carrying seven … [Read more...] about Eight bodies found in Indonesian plane crash

Three people were pulled from the wreckage of Friday’s plane crash in Cuba. — AFP/VNA PhotoViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Nguyễn Phú Trọng on Saturday sent a message of condolences to First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee Raul Castro Ruz over the recent plane crash of Cuba’s carrier Cubana de Avicion that killed 107 people. President Trần Đại Quang and Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc cabled their condolence messages to President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers of Cuba Miguel Mario Diaz Canel Bermudes. Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân extended a message of condolences to President of the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo. The same day, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh extended his sympathy to Cuban … [Read more...] about Condolences to Cuba over plane crash

Nine people were killed on Wednesday (May 2) after an ageing US military cargo crashed on its final scheduled flight before being mothballed, officials said. Flames and smoke rise from an Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane after it crashed near Savannah, Georgia, Wednesday, May 2, 2018. Photo soure: AP The C-130 "Hercules" cargo plane from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard crashed around 11.30am (11.30pm Singapore time) near the Savannah airport. Footage of the crash showed it falling from the sky then exploding in a fireball. Officials at first said five crewmembers were killed, but it later emerged that other people were also on board. "We've confirmed nine people, consisting of five crewmembers and four additional passengers" were on board, Puerto Rico National Guard spokesman Major Paul Dahlen said. He said the four others were also members of the military. Dahlen could not immediately confirm all nine had died, but said images of the crash spoke for … [Read more...] about 9 killed in fiery US military plane crash

President Trần Đại Quang yesterday cabled a message of condolences to his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika over a recent military plane crash which claimed many lives. — Photo AFP HÀ NỘI – President Trần Đại Quang yesterday cabled a message of condolences to his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika over a recent military plane crash which claimed many lives. An Algerian airplane carrying mostly soldiers crashed near the Boufarik airbase outside Algeria’s capital, Algiers, on Wednesday. The aircraft went down shortly after takeoff, killing at least 257 people aboard. — VNS … [Read more...] about Condolences sent to Algeria over military plane crash

10:13 | 23/03/2018 VGP – State President Tran Dai Quang on March 22 conveyed his condolences to Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the recent US-Bangla Airlines plane crash. The crash of US-Bangla flight BS211 at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on March 12 killed 51 people, 26 of them were Bangladeshis, according to the online newspaper thedailystar.net. At least 20 people survived the crash, 10 of them Bangladeshis. U.S. - Bangla Airlines is a privately owned Bangladeshi airline. … [Read more...] about State President sends condolence to Bangladesh over U.S.-Bangla plane crash

All 66 people on board an Iranian passenger plane were feared dead on Sunday after it crashed into the country's Zagros mountains, with emergency services struggling to locate the wreckage in blizzard conditions. Aseman Airlines flight EP3704 disappeared from radar around 45 minutes after takeoff from Tehran's Mehrabad airport, the airline's public relations chief Mohammad Tabatabai told state broadcaster IRIB. It was the third disaster to strike Iran in recent months, after an earthquake that killed at least 620 people in Kermanshah in November and 30 Iranian sailors were lost in an oil tanker collision off China's coast last month. The ATR-72 twin-engine plane, in service for 25 years, left the capital around 0800 (0430 GMT) and was heading towards the city of Yasuj, some 500 kilometres (300 miles) to the south. After conflicting reports on fatalities and the location of the crash, officials said rescue teams were still not able to find the wreckage. "We still have no access to the … [Read more...] about 66 feared dead as plane crashes in Iran mountains

Investigators said the Antonov An-148 plane went down in the Ramensky district on the outskirts of Moscow at 2:48 pm (1128 GMT) after taking off from Domodedovo airport in the capital. "Sixty-five passengers and six crew members were on board, and all of them died," Russia’s office of transport investigations said in a statement. Three children were among the fatalities on a list published by Russian authorities. The flight was operated by the domestic Saratov Airlines and was headed for Orsk, a city in the Ural mountains. Russia’s Investigative Committee said numerous possible causes of the crash would be considered, including weather conditions as the country has experienced record snowfall in recent weeks. It will also consider human error and technical failure, but it did not mention the possibility of terrorism. More than 400 people and 70 vehicles had been deployed to the crash site, the country’s emergency ministry said. The site was enveloped in heavy snow, … [Read more...] about 71 dead, no survivors in Russian passenger plane crash